Looking at Saito's troops walking among the dense forest and shrubs, Kitahata Keike smiled confidently. At this time, he was already a platoon leader of Joban Bei - and the only iron artillery platoon leader.
Since the last time the iron cannons performed extremely well on the battlefield, the opposition to the purchase of iron cannons in Yuqiu's family has subsided. Yu Qiuping then spent another 1,000 yuan to buy back thirty-five iron cannons.
The troops were assembled, and the rest was left to Lan Xiang Huaju and others to dismantle at will, ponder over the internal structure, and then try to imitate it.
Sena Shiyoshi's heart bleeds as he watches the large amounts of money being drawn out. Therefore, he is also the one who most firmly asks Lan Xianghua and their blacksmith shop to quickly imitate the iron cannon. The cost of the iron cannon
It's really too big - it costs 30 iron cannons to buy, plus Yu Qiuping's no-cost training method: practice shooting every day until the barrel of the gun is hot, with an unlimited supply of gunpowder and projectiles, so that the iron gunner can
A person will spend about 20 gan a year. In other words, an iron gunner will need 50 gan for a year - which is equivalent to 5 Tokiwabi infantrymen.
However, what Sena Uji has to admit is that under this kind of training at any cost, the accuracy of the Yuqiu family's iron gunners is indeed very impressive. According to Tsuda Kazuyoshi, the Yuqiu family's iron gunners rely on the crash training method
, the hit rate is already comparable to that of the well-trained Genlai gunners, and the reloading speed even exceeds them. Compared with Oda Nobunaga's iron gunners who were reluctant to spend money to train, it is even higher.
At this moment, they were lying in ambush on a steep slope covered with shrubs at the back of Sarugaya Castle, watching the Saito family leaving the city with cold eyes. They chose a path and rushed towards the auxiliary soldiers who were doing engineering work.
"The place for the ambush that His Highness chose is really good." Kageie Kitahata couldn't help but admire. Ever since he started following Yu Qiu 7 years ago, his Highness Momiji has always shown superb performance in defense.
A talent that is beyond ordinary people. Whether it is the choice of terrain, the construction of fortifications, the positioning and rotation of defensive troops, they are all perfect.
The Oda family had long expected that Tajimi Osamu would probably leave the city to counterattack, so they sent troops to roughly surround Sarugagaku Castle. However, Yu Qiupei felt that Tajimi Osamu had little understanding of the nearby mountains.
He was definitely far ahead of them, and maybe he could find some paths leading directly to the water source. So he placed his iron artillery platoon on a hill near the water source to monitor the surrounding situation.
Sure enough, about 150 Saito troops led by Tajimi Osamu bypassed Takigawa Kazumasu's position outside the east gate and burrowed into the hills and shrubs to the south. Takigawa Kazumasu couldn't catch up, so he had to give up. However, no matter they were there,
No matter how you go around the mountains, you still have to rush towards the auxiliary soldiers who are cutting off the water source - and this is exposed to the Kitahata Kei family's view.
"Load!" Kitahata Kageie said in a low voice, and the iron gunners around him immediately started loading quickly. After dozens of seconds, the match ropes of the iron cannons were lit one after another.
Kitahata Keike looked through the bushes and woods at the fast-moving Saito Army not far away. Among them were about 50 armored soldiers, and the remaining about 100 miscellaneous soldiers without armor and only weapons-probably temporarily mobilized auxiliaries.
Soldiers. When they were at the shortest distance, Kitahata Kage's family immediately shouted: "Solley!"
The tail end of Kitahata Kage's roar was immediately lost in the roar of iron cannons. The roar of 50 iron cannons was already considerable, and it produced a huge echo in the mountains. The projectiles of the iron cannons were devastating.
It shot through the branches and shrubs at the Saito Army's team. The Saito Army who was walking among the woods and shrubs only heard a thunder on the ground, followed by the sound of bullets entering the body and screams.
It sounded. The birds that lived in the mountains and forests were frightened by the salvo and became helpless. They flapped their wings and flew out of the woods.
By the time those who were not hit came to their senses, blood was already flowing all over the ground around them. A dozen Ashigaru were hit by iron cannons and fell to the ground in agony. Several people even died directly. And a large number of people died.
Shrubs and branches were also concentrated by the flying iron cannon pellets, causing large amounts of dust to rise and branches and leaves to fly.
"It's actually an iron cannon!" Tajimi Xiu, who was walking in front of the team, was shocked! It's not that he didn't notice anyone on the hill just now, but he was confident that he was familiar with geography. Even if those small groups of ambushed soldiers were killed, he could do it.
Escape calmly. If it is a bow and arrow, its power in the woods will be greatly reduced and it will not cause much damage.
I didn’t expect it to be an iron cannon!
He raised his head and glanced at the Oda army on the hill - each iron gunner was wearing uniform sleeveless uniforms, with a flying red leaf on his helmet, and was changing ammunition quickly at the moment.
When Taji saw Xiu Xiu, he immediately understood that this was absolutely unkind, and a single salvo reduced the strength of his attack force by 10%. In desperation, he immediately ordered his men to retreat and fled back to the city - only to be quickly replaced by
The iron artillery team fought a round and left several corpses behind.
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"Hongye! Your iron artillery team is really powerful!" Ikeda Hengxing heard that after Tajimi repaired his counterattack out of the city, he immediately led his troops to come for reinforcements. However, he only saw Tajimi repairing's fleeing back and the figure on the ground.
There were more than twenty bloody corpses. "The iron artillery team only fired two rounds and killed so many people!"
"What, this cost me a lot of money!" Yu Qiuping patted Ikeda Hengxing on the shoulder, "One iron cannon costs dozens of times! The gunpowder and projectiles used for daily training also cost money.
!As long as you are willing to spend money, you can have an iron artillery team as strong as mine!"
"Well, there's no need to show off," Ikeda Hengxing snorted disdainfully and rolled his eyes at Yu Qiuping: "I know you're rich! That's it! I'm a poor man!"
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After Tajimi made repairs and retreated in embarrassment, no one could interfere with the work of the Oda family's auxiliary troops. It took them three days to completely cut off the water source in Sarugaya Castle on the afternoon of June 9. It was midsummer,
The weather was extremely hot, and the remaining drinking water in Sarugaya Castle was quickly consumed. Since the residents of the previous castle town had fled into the city, the water situation in the city was even more stretched.
Nowadays, the residents and the ashigaru in the city basically do not use the water for any purpose other than drinking. Only Tajimi has the power to wash his face. Everyone digs into the ground just to be able to wash their faces.
Finding new water sources was all in vain. The leaves of the few trees in the city were plundered by thirsty people just because they contained a small amount of water. The residents and Ashigaru looked to the stars and the moon in the hope of a heavy rain.
Solve the urgent need, but God has always been unfavorable.
The power of water shortage is often more powerful than that of food shortage, because the chance of people finding something to eat is always much greater than the chance of finding water. If it doesn't work, there is still the dead end of cannibalism. And humans can't endure hunger.
The ability is also far stronger than enduring thirst.
In such an embarrassing environment, Tajimi Xiu was at his wits end. He could only do his best to collect fresh water to ensure drinking water for his men. Breaking out of the city had almost no chance of winning, and the Oda family did not seem to have any plans to attack the city.
People who are alive and die from thirst often need to be treated and repaired.
Tajimi Osamu now places all his hopes on the Saito family's reinforcements, hoping that they can send people to rescue the siege as soon as possible. However, contrary to expectations, the reinforcements of Nagai Michuri and Higashi Mino stayed in Kanjo and made no attempt to assist.
Sarugagaki Castle's plan. Because Saito Ryuuki believed that this partial division of the Oda family would be difficult to achieve and would not threaten the Saito family's territory in central Mino, he did not urge reinforcements to rescue the siege, but wanted to wait until the Oda family retreated on their own.
The army will then follow up to regain the lost ground. As for the life and death of a small wealthy family like Tajimi Xiu, Saito Ryuuki will naturally not take it seriously. The wealthy families of Simeon made him heartbroken, so he also felt sorry for these small families.
The wealthy family has no good feelings.
When Tajimi was besieged, Osawa Jiro of Unuma Castle tried to rescue him, but he was helpless in the face of the Oda family's army. Osawa Jiro once sent an envoy to request Nagai Michuri and the Saito family's army to go south and meet.
Together with many small wealthy families, he rescued the siege of Sarugao City, but they were also rejected. Frustrated, he could only lead his army back home.
The cruel siege of the city without water lasted for six days. On June 15, Tajimi Xiu finally couldn't hold on anymore. He surrendered on the condition that he and his men could leave safely. Both Ikeda Hengxing and Maeda Toshiie felt that Tajimi had to leave the city safely.
Xiu Xiu was already at the end of his rope, and it would be too much to raise any further conditions. However, Niwa Nagahide considered the issue of public sentiment and did not want to push the Mino people too hard, so he agreed to his request. On the afternoon of June 15, Taji met Xiu Xiu and led his army.
Fleeing north, Saruga Castle was also occupied by the Oda army. After the Oda army entered the city, everyone was busy celebrating. Only Yu Qiupei couldn't bear his behavior of cutting off water and hurting the people, so he immediately organized the Ashigaru to clear the original
He also built underground water channels and transported water into the city, alleviating the water difficulties of residents in the city. This really added to his image as a "good guy".
After capturing Sarugaku Castle, the entire high point of view on the north bank of the Kiso River was controlled by the Oda family. On the one hand, Niwa Nagahide sent an envoy to report the victory to Oda Nobunaga, and at the same time requested reinforcements. On the other hand, he tried to further attack Sarugaku.
Unuma Castle is an important town upstream of the castle.
However, just when Niwa Nagahide organized auxiliary troops to prepare large-scale construction of siege equipment, Kinoshita Hideyoshi once again took the initiative to ask for help, saying that he was going to persuade Jiro Osawa of Unuma Castle to surrender! This surprised Yu Qiupei and others. He
Are you addicted to persuading people to surrender?
"Tengjiro, are you crazy for wanting to make a contribution?" Yu Qiuping urged, "You have already made a great contribution by dedicating the water cutoff plan this time! There is no need to go all out again! Osawa Jiro is not the middle-aged man back then.
A neighbor like Mamoru Shimatoyo who is related to us is an enemy! What if he kills you!"
"When the two armies are fighting, why don't you kill the envoy?" Kinoshita Hideyoshi said while rubbing his hands to cheer himself up, "Besides, it's all about seeking wealth in danger! If you don't fight hard, how can you achieve meritorious service and how can you get ahead?"
"But this is always too dangerous!" Yu Qiuping still shook his head.
"Well, Hongye," Kinoshita Hideyoshi looked at Yu Qiuping's worried look, and suddenly felt a little moved in his heart: "You treat me sincerely, so I will say something to you that touches my heart."
"I'm no better than you. I'm not a person from the Ming Dynasty, and I'm not the handsome son-in-law of Imagawa Haram." Kinoshita Hideyoshi smiled bitterly, "I'm just the son of a pariah, a poor man, and an ugly guy.
Shoes."
"I've known since I was a child that if you want to get ahead, you have to give everything you have." Kinoshita Hideyoshi clenched his fists slightly, his eyes were a little red, and he whispered viciously: "I also want to pay tribute to those in the past.
People who look down on me prove that even if you come from a humble background, you can be respected by the world through your own efforts!"
Chapter completed!